Own the end-to-end data science roadmap across Consumer, Delivery, and Ads — translating business priorities into a coherent ML strategy with clear milestones and measurable ROI
Provide strong technical direction and mentorship to a team of Data Scientists and ML Engineers; establish best practices for model development, evaluation, and deployment
Partner with C-suite and senior product leadership to influence product strategy and build organizational confidence in ML-driven decision-making
Drive a culture of experimentation: define measurement frameworks, champion A/B testing rigor, and hold the team accountable to business impact
Lead the design and continuous improvement of Gopuff's search ranking and query understanding systems, including semantic search and intent modeling
Build and scale personalization infrastructure that adapts the customer experience in real time — from homepage carousels to dynamic upsell and cross-sell surfaces
Develop next-generation recommendation models (collaborative filtering, two-tower retrieval, contextual bandits) that drive basket size and repeat purchase
Partner with Product to define upsell and nudge strategies grounded in behavioral signals and causal inference
Work day to day with gopuff engineering teams to bring search and recommendation changes to life
Architect and own Gopuff's ad ranking stack — query-ad relevance scoring, multi-objective ranking (revenue × customer experience), and auction mechanics
Build CTR/CVR prediction models and closed-loop attribution pipelines for sponsored product, display, and offsite formats
Define and improve advertiser-facing ML products: bid optimization, budget pacing, audience targeting, and incrementality measurement
Collaborate with the Ads Product and Sales teams to grow advertiser ROI while protecting the organic shopping experience